> When you're hetero, you don't want to read about
faggots. But those> are real good, hardboiled crime novels! I was
surprised, meself...> But [Joseph Hansen's] homosexual viewpoint never got
to me once.> Surprise? Well - yes.

Hell, I tried reading some Gold Medal-era John D. McDonald
during JDM month a while back (was is "Where Is Janice
Gantry"? "The Drowner"? I forget.) and the fact that he
and/or his narrator seemed to be a hetersexist jock lunkhead
who couldn't tell Elizabeth Taylor from Julie Newmar never
stood in *my* way ...

Someone once spoke of "Mirror Art" versus "Window Art" --
i.e., art which shows you yourself versus art which gives you
a glimpse of Someplace Else. The healthiest approach is to
partake of equal, or near-equal, portions of both
varieties.

Or is my own viewpoint hopelessly askew 'cause I share the
same birth year and town-of-birth as Dennis "Mr. Fun"
Cooper?

Cheers,

c.

P.S. When I last tried reading Hansen, decades ago, my
reaction was "Earnest, but dull." I had a marginally better
reaction to Michael Nava's "How Town," recently, which is in
much the same literary territory. Perhaps you might try
giving him a glance?

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